Welcome to the last day of the Cleo sewalong! If you’re just joining us, see all of the skirtalong posts here.Today we'll add elastic to the waistband and hem the skirt (or...
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Welcome to Day 4 of the Cleo Skirtalong! If you're just joining us, see all of the skirtalong posts here.Today we'll gather the front skirt, sew the waistband together, attach the...
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Welcome to Day 3 of the Cleo Skirtalong! If you're just joining us, see all of the skirtalong posts here.Today we'll attach the pockets and sew side seams. Note that these steps...
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Welcome to Day 2 of the Cleo Skirtalong! If you're just joining us, see all of the skirtalong posts here.Today it's time to get to the fun stuff, starting with cutting...
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Welcome to Day 1 of the Cleo Skirt Sewalong!Today we'll get everything ready for cutting, including prepping your fabric, measuring and choosing a size, and tracing your pattern pieces!Wash, dry,...
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The Cleo skirt pattern is now available in print! Find a stockist here:USBlue Bar Quilts - Middleton, WIBolt Fabric Boutique - Portland ORCool Cottons - Portland, ORDomesticity - Baltimore, MDFiddlehead Artisan Supply - Belfast,...
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Last week, the most gorgeous set of Cleo skirts were posted by a set of talented ladies for the Cleo Summer Showcase. I rounded up the first half of the...
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Sewalong scheduleThe skirtalong will start on Wednesday (August 9) here on the blog. You can also follow it on Facebook or Instagram. Here's the schedule:Day 1: Get ready (measure and choose size, wash and...
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It still surprises me sometimes to discover that many people have never used (or even heard of) a PDF sewing pattern. Occasionally I'll get an email from someone who has...
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It's time to take a look at the Cleo Summer Showcase so far!Update: here's Part 2I'm so inspired by all of the amazing skirts that these lovely women have made...
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I'm very excited to announce that next week I will be hosting a Cleo Summer Showcase here on the blog and on Instagram to feature the Cleo pattern for summer!...
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The very first thing that every single person should do before they sew a piece a piece of clothing for themselves is take out a tape measure and get some...
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Last summer, Jess came to Ann Arbor for what we call a "workaway" -- a week of intense work here in Ann Arbor at my studio (Jess and I live in...
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Earlier this spring my friend Meg of Sew Liberated released the Matcha Top pattern and I had that thing in my shopping cart and downloaded before you could say Matcha. I loved...
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These simple gathered skirts are so easy and addicting to make. I used the Starry Sky skirt project that I contributed to the most recent issue of Making Magazine for these. Perhaps the fact that I...
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